Down to earth: Alumnus Tani returns from space station
Daniel Tani SB '84, SM '88 returned to the Kennedy Space Center aboard space shuttle Atlantis on Feb. 20. Tani spent 120 days in orbit aboard the International Space Station as a member of the Expedition 16 crew. He was launched into space aboard Discovery, commanded by MIT alumna Pamela Melroy SM '84, on Oct. 20. Tani participated in numerous scientific investigations, including four sessions running SPHERES, which was developed by MIT's Space Systems Laboratory. In this photo, Tani does a check of the SPHERES Beacon/Beacon tester in the Destiny laboratory of the ISS. He also participated in four spacewalks to support assembly of the Harmony and Columbus space station modules, logging more than 28 hours outside of the space station. Photo courtesy / NASA A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on February 27, 2008 (download PDF). |
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RELATEDMIT alumna commands space shuttle mission - Astronaut Pamela Melroy (S.M. 1984) became the first MIT alumna to command a space mission when the space shuttle Discovery lifted off Tuesday, Oct. 23, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 10/22/2007 An optimistic view of the world - Dan Tani, "This I Believe," National Public Radio, Feb. 17, 2008 MIT astronauts - MIT Club of South Texas SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites) - MIT Space Systems Laboratory More: Aeronautical / astronautical engineering More: Alumni/ae |
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